Chapter 92: Striking the First Blood.
The team and their new allies spent hours going over plans and ideas for the pending attack during which Tes'veren voiced some concerns about attributing the attack to the resistance due to the inevitable fallout and crackdown that Clan Ruara and their alien allies would enact as punishment for the actions against them.
"I hear your concerns and I sympathise with them truly I do but if they were to suspect Clan Mason activity here ahead of time the reaction would be a thousand times worse I can assure you, like a whole squadron of Nightmare Assassins coming over the place bad," Markus said.
"You have mentioned these Nightmare Assassins before but you have not explained who or what they are?" Tes'veren said turning on her six legs to look at Markus who simply sighed and nodded.
"I'm sure by now you've probably heard stories from either your own region or maybe others of warriors with impossible abilities who defy all logic and can pull off truly horrifying feats of strength and speed while seemingly being able to predict when someone is going to strike correct?" Markus said and all of the resistance members glanced at one another nervously causing Markus to nod knowingly.
"Yeah thought so," he said.
"But how could you possibly know this, you are new to this world?" Tes'veren asked.
"Simple because I am one of those people myself, just on the other end of the spectrum," Markus said.
All of the resistance turned to look at Adesus and Feris in alarm while both of them simply nodded.
"He tells the truth, they call themselves Dream Warriors or in the case of Clan Mason, they are trained and then earn the right to call themselves a Seeker of Truth, or in short a Dream Warrior trained to use their incredible abilities and powers for the service of good," Feris explained.
"Indeed, I have personally witnessed both Markus in action as well as the training of his fellow Dream Warriors on the Clan Mason homeworld, what's more one of the two highest leaders of the Clan is one of these Dream Warriors as well, the Grand Patriarch," Adesus said.
"Oh Jack Mason is more than that, he's the most powerful known Dream Warrior to ever have lived, he's the left hand of the Eternal Huntress Paya our deity and deity of the Yautja people, she is one of the deities who watches over the Clan and guides us, her supreme law of the fair and honourable hunt is one of the guiding principles of the Clan itself, it champions fairness and honour in our daily lives let alone on the battlefield," Markus said.
"Then there is the Great Tree! His mighty roots have spread to Clan Mason when his children in the form of the Serpentinus and my own people the Raptorians joined the Clan first in alliance and then in full membership as those wishing entry become full-blooded members along with a sew Scalathor and even a Draconis who have joined, but now he too watches over the Clan shielding it with his mighty branches so that his beloved children may prosper there in peace with their new brothers and sisters," Lucious chirped proudly.
"So what then are these Nightmare Assassins of which you speak?" Tes'veren asked curiously.
"They are a perversion of what makes a Dream Warrior, in order to become a Dream Warrior your soul must have been touched and blessed by a deity before your conception and when you are brought into the world of your birth you are granted with abilities beyond any normal member of your parent species, now this can lead to fear and mistrust as well as a fair bit of self-loathing as this shit doesn't exactly come with a manual, now while Dream Warriors either found or born into CLan MAson are taken by the Seeker temple to be trained and shown who and what they are, most are not that lucky, this can lead to them either being led astray by dark forces or manipulated into falling into their clutches, either way, the result is usually the same, a dark warrior with boundless power on tap, like Adem the leader of Clan Ruara," Markus explained and that struck a chord with them.
"We had heard the tales of his incredible prowess in battle and his impossible feats but we had believed them to be the realm of fearful fantasy embellished by survivors who were attributing him with extraordinary powers as a way to make sense of what they had experienced as well as those stories of those who look like your bovine friend there who stand at his sides, but you are saying that there is truth to these stories?" Tes'veren said causing Victus to snort angrily.
"Vile Velon steals Blessed Knights from my people, takes them and twists them into vile perverse versions of what it is to be a true Blessed Beledon! Is mission of myself and Clan Mason to free all of these captives who were tricked and to snuff out those who joined him willingly as they are a disgrace to the Beledon name and people!" Victus bellowed passionately causing Levi to reach up and place a reassuring hand on his arm.
He glanced down at the Xeno War Angel to his side and nodded before patting her hand with his much larger one.
"My apologies for my outburst honoured friends, my passions run hot and fast when I am reminded of what injustices my people have suffered but rest assured I nor those of my people who now reside as part of Clan Mason hold good and honourable Velons responsible for our suffering, but those who are responsible will taste Beledon justice!" he said.
Tes'veren scuttled over to his side and reached up to place a reassuring claw on his other arm.
"There is no need for apologies it is clear to us despite knowing the whole story that you and your people have suffered much at the hands of one of ours and for that we are truly and deeply sorry," she said before drawing her pincers into a salute and bowing to him which was echoed among the other members of the resistance.
Victus simply smiled warmly and nodded his large head causing his braids to swish.
"Honoured friends Adesus and Feris said and did the same thing when we first meet and they too find out what pains were suffered by the Beledon, even though it is not your or their fault both offer sorrow and show honour, this to me is sign of good and honourable people but is no need for you to apologies and those who do need to will find that no apologies will make it better only true justice will," he said.
"A justice the Clan aims to deliver as promised," Markus said.
With that out of the way the group continued to plan out their attack, it was decided that four of them would infiltrate the base while the other two provided overwatch from the cave entrance.
This would work in conjunction with an open-air attack by the resistance which would be plainly visible to the invaders so that they would wrongly assume that both attacks were the work of one and the same group.
"I should be in thick of battle!!" Victus snarled and banged his large fist on the table in protest which made everyone jump except for Markus who simply stared the big Beledon down until he sat back down in his seat looking curtailed and slightly ashamed.
"Apologies for my outburst, Seeker," he said and Markus nodded.
"Don't worry big guy I get it I really do and don't worry there will be plenty of battle for you to fly the proud flag of the Beledon people in but right now this isn't it, those pipes are gonna be just big enough for Adesus to squeeze through so you won't have a hope in hell of fitting in, so we need you to be watching our backs and feeding us intel, you and Feris are going to be our back up and escape plan should shit hit the fan, plus you are going to be our eyes and ears in there we'll be relying on you to show us where to go once we get in," he explained and the big Beledon snorted and nodded as he settled down.
Markus then turned to Te'veren, "Are you and your team clear on what you guys need to do?" he asked and they all glanced at one another and nodded.
"Yes, we will attack their hydrogen convoy that is delivering to the base supplying the local forces in our city, we will ensure that not only are we seen but that some escape to report what they have seen, you need not worry about us we will get it done," she said.
Markus nodded and then he turned and retrieved a small device from the shelf next to him and handed it to Tes'veren.
"Here take this, it will allow you to stay in contact with us and don't worry it's encrypted so they can't listen in on any transmissions you make, just make sure you do not use names on the line for security, we are call codenamed Shadow and a number," he said pointing to each one of them and listing off their numbers.
"Should we use one of these call signs as well then?" she asked and Markus nodded.
"You shall be called Freedom, I'll let you work out the numbers yourselves," he said and they nodded enthusiastically about this, tapping their stingers against their carapaces in a show of happiness.
Once the resistance fighters had left and headed out to make their own preparations Markus and his people sat down and went over the details of the attack one last time before they decided to turn in for the night, tomorrow would be spent prepping for the attack as well as travelling to the attack site, come night fall it would be time to strike the first true blood of the war.
As Markus relaxed on his bed there was a gentle knock at his bedroom door and he glanced over before sending a little fluffy sand spider that he had been stroking to answer it.
The little spider whom Markus had found searching for insects hiding under their ship where the thick shadows made it much cooler had kind of become an unofficial team pet as it seemed to have adapted to living in a tub filled with sand that Markus kept in his quarters.
After a swift Taming session the tarantula-sized spider had fallen under Markus's sway and now obeyed his every command, so once it had scaled the wall and hit the door release button it swiftly made its way up and over the ceiling before dropping back down into its enclosure and burying itself in the sand again but not before snagging the tasty sun cricket that it found sitting in the middle of it's domain.
Adesus stood in the doorway looking confused for a moment as to how the door had seemingly opened itself until she saw the little spider scuttling over the ceiling before it dropped itself into its enclosure and buried itself in the sand, dragging with it the offered cricket.
"I see you've got Dune doing butler duty for you now," she said with a grin as she stepped over the threshold into his room.
Markus laughed and shot her a grin, "A more perfect butler there never was, works for crickets and keeps to himself," he said.
Adesus stepped closer to the bed and wrung her hands for a moment before clenching them into fists as she seemingly made up her mind about something.
"I do believe you owe me some snuggle time human!" she said rapidly as if she was at risk of losing her nerve saying these words out loud.
"I'm a man who always pays his debts I'll have you know, please join me," he said patting the bed next to him and it seemed that she didn't need to be told twice as she positively sprung onto the bed next to him.
The pair of them bounced gently as Adesus's weight caused the mattress to spring with the impact but this had the added benefit of rolling them both together, Markus wasted no time in scooping the large Velon into his arms and holding her tightly against him.
Adesus lifted her head from his chest and looked up at him with her exquisitely purple eyes that simply radiated a mixture of love and intelligence.
"Do you believe that we can win this Markus?" she asked softly and he cocked his head at her curiously.
"I didn't think you'd be the one to have doubts," he said and she glanced away from him before returning her eyes to his as if she was considering her answer very carefully.
"I don't, or well at least I think I don't but I do worry that with the size of the force we are facing here and with that mighty fleet they have, they will be too much for us to handle without truly significant damage to both my people and yours, I fear that both entire generations could be lost or even our cultural heritage in what is to come," she said softly lowering her head as she spoke as if shamed by her own words and worries.
Markus reached over and lifted her chin before pressing his lips to hers locking her mouth in a deep kiss with his, he reveled in the tickle of her whiskers and the softness of her warm lips as his tongue gently flicked her front teeth before delving a little deeper.
When they parted she gave him a warm smile.
"Thanks, I needed that," she said.
"I know, I could feel it and in answer to your question, yes I do believe that we can win this and I do believe that we can do it without a massive loss of life to your people or a loss of culture and infrastructure, but I do also believe that Velona will change after this, it would be hard for it not to considering what has happened here, your people will have no choice but to adapt but that's what Clan Mason and its allies do best, we will help you every single step of the way, from reclaiming your beloved soil to dragging the guilty out kicking and screaming into the light for judgement, to helping to rebuild anything that is lost or damaged by this war, we will get Velona back to where its meant to be and more than that we will make it even stronger than it was before, just you wait and see," he said confidently.
His confident words and demeanour seemed to ease her troubled heart and she lowered her head onto his chest and gently stroked his belly through the fabric of his undersuit which was all he was wearing at the moment.
"Thank you, Markus, you have no idea what all of this means to me," she said.
"You don't have to thank me Adesus, this is what Clan Mason do and who we are, this is exactly what the Grand Matriarch and Patriarch set it up for, to help and protect those who can't do it for themselves, have faith in them, they have never led us wrong," he replied.
"I have faith in you so I guess by extension that means my faith is placed in their hands as well," she said.
Thats when Adesus seemed to gain the confidence and fire that he knew her for back, with a singular, slick movement she slid her entire body over his and lifted herself up so that she was now straddling his hips and resting her weight down on his crotch forcing his manhood to find refuge snuggly between the two glorious feminine orbs she was smuggling under her tail.
It seems that Adesus felt his swelling masculinity trying its hardest to burrow its way between her cheeks as well because she fixed his with a devilish grin that showed off her long pointy teeth.
"It seems that mere act of me perching myself atop you is enough to get you excited my human," she said with a bit of smugness to her voice as she very slowly began to grind herself against him while resting her hands on his chest.
"What's not to be excited about, I have a truly beautiful and strong Velon woman sat atop me with her fabulous arse pressing down into my crotch, plus by the sheer amount of heat that you seem to be putting out you are either trying to broil my cock or you are a little bit excited yourself," he shot back making her bark a laugh before fixing him with an even toothier grin.
"As you said what is not to like, I am sat atop of a beautiful and exotic male who is a being of both honour and strength who having bested me in a duel showed me more honour than even my own people would have, who right now is wearing a suit that makes me wish I had x-ray eyes to see through it," she said stroking her hands up his belly and onto his chest gently.
"Think if you could see xrayssss all you'd get is my bones but if you want the suit off all you had to do is ask you know?" he said shooting her a grin of his own.
"If this is the case then I wish the suit off but I wish to be the one to remove it," she said in a tone that betrayed her growing excitement.
"Alright then but I expect reciprocation, if I'm gonna be laid naked and vulnerable here then I won't be doing it alone," he said slowly rotating himself over onto his front to expose his back to her.
He felt her lower herself down so that her muzzle was right next to his ear sending a wash of hot breath across his neck.
"I always pay my debts, my human," she said softly in a husky voice as she gripped the zipper and began to pull it down.
As she unzipped him Adesus made a point of running her other hand over every single inch of flesh that she exposed on his back making him gasp softly as he felt her dull-tipped claws tracing a line down the cleft of his spine.
That's when she started trailing kisses down the same line following her fingers and little sparkles of pleasure echoed through his entire body as he felt her long tongue tracing the same cleft.
"Your skin tastes as good as you look my human," she growled softly causing Markus to chuckle softly.
"I'm beginning to wonder if you want to love me or eat me," he said glancing over his shoulder to see her grinning down at him.
"I'm wondering that myself honestly because you do look very delicious," she growled before very gently biting down on his shoulder leaving little dents where her teeth applied pressure on his skin.
This surprisingly sent a shot of tingles racing across his shoulders as she nipped on the nerves hidden there.
Adesus used this distraction to actually manage to pull the suit down to his waist now freeing both of his arms, it seemed her desperation and excitement had also gotten the better of her because she actually managed to yank it right the way down and off his legs leaving him as naked as the day he as born laid on the bed.
"I did not believe you could become even more beautiful, I was wrong," she said softly as she threw his suit to one side and then began to run her hands up his back again.
Markus spun himself over before she was able to put too much pressure on his back to keep him trapped on his belly and instantly he saw her eyes dart down to his crotch causing her to subconsciously lick her lips.
"I'm gonna take a wild stab in the dark here and say you like what you see eh?" Markus said causing Adesus's eyes to flick up to meet his.
He actually saw the blush forming under her quills and fur but he also saw the devilish grin form on her face.
"I guess it's my turn to honour my part now huh?' she said causing him to glance down at her breasts that were bulging her suit forwards towards him tauntingly.
Markus instantly sensed her game even as it was forming in her head so he decided that rather than playing it he was going to put on a show of his own.
"Yup, here allow me," he said his hair crackling with energy as he charged up causing Adesus to look up at his hair and then back to his eyes in alarm.
Time seemed to slow down to an absolute crawl, as it did Markus pulled himself free from Adesus's grasp and spun around her before her body began to fall towards the bed having now nothing to support her weight upon.
Markus quickly grabbed hold of the zipper on Adesus's back and unzipped it allowing her quills to pop free, now he knew that the venomous ones were on her wrists he knew he didn't have to be so careful to not get spiked by them it allowed him to cut loose a little.
Thankfully Seeker's speed when used to its fullest potential even had the power to overcome the effects of gravity, so with a quick movement he hoisted Adesus up and off the bed while she was still in the same kneeling position, tilting her as he did.
This made it much easier to pull her entire suit from her body and to discard it before she even began to fall back towards the bed again as gravity began to pull upon her, for one last effect he lifted her thick and luscious tail exposing her incredibly pert rear end which to his eyes looked like a pair of perfect purple tinged globes.
As time sped back up Adesus bounced onto her hands and knees on the bed crying out in alarm and surprise.
"What in the name of the blood!!?" she exclaimed exactly one second before Markus's hand collided with her rear end with a very satisfying slap.
The high-pitched and very un-Guardian-like squeal that escaped Adesus combined perfectly with the echo of the slap of Markus's hand colliding with her rear end, the ripple of the slap travelled across the firm muscle and flesh of her rear end while also having the delightful effect of making her tail shoot bolt upright like he'd just run a current down it.
It also caused Adesus to arch her back and cock her perfect bum right at him which Markus could not resist, he ran his hand over it and gave her bum a good squeeze which unleashed yet another squeal.
"Well well, it looks like my big rough tough Guardian likes to be spanked huh?" Markus said jokingly as he ran his hands tenderly over her exposed rear and before she could retaliate he decided to make use of her confusion and addlement by planting a series of tender kisses across her rear and directly under her tail.
The squeal that escaped from Adesus this time had words in it.
"What are you doing to me my human!!?" she exclaimed as her tail arched itself over her back like she was trying to wear it like a scarf.
"Giving you the reward I promised you, my beautiful Guardian, I swore to love you and to show you how much I love you now relax and let me show you," he purred softly as he leaned his chin on her back at the base of her hips before moving his face back under it.
Adesus's anus was winking at him directly under her tail and the purple-tinged flesh was pulsing and blowing him kisses so Markus decided to start there.
He very gently began to place very tender and soft kisses on the fleshy part of her tail root which caused a series of gasps and squeaks to escape her making him smile as he was obviously on the right track.
Suddenly a very strong muggy smell of berries hit and for a moment it made him think of being in a sauna if someone were to pour berry-scented water over the coals and it took him a moment to realise that it was coming from Adesus's now dripping womanhood.
He had managed to arouse her so powerfully in such a short space of time that she had simply lost control of herself and her body was acting all on its own.
Markus slowly lowered his lips and allowed his breath to wash over her tender skin which caused the winking to speed up with every breath he exhaled over her, until his lips made contact with her soft feminine flesh and a squeal of purest pleasure burst out of her.
"Oh by the blood!!" Adesus squealed as Markus's tongue glided gently over her soft flesh before gently working its way lower under her.
Given the angle, he had to use his hands and lips to part her lower lips properly to reveal the deep purple flesh hidden between them but the sight of her glistening feminine flesh made his mouth water like he was staring at a juicy steak sitting waiting for him.
Like said starving man Markus wasted no time at all tucking into his meal and thankfully he had seen videos on how to do this very act on the Clan intranet, so while he was no expert he had plenty of forewarning on what to expect and how to deal with it.
He parted her flesh with his tongue savouring the delightfully musky taste that now sparkled on it as he sought out his true target that was hidden nestled between those deep and rich purple folds.
Adesus screamed with pure pleasure as his tongue glanced over it and he circled it back around to try and curl it around the little fleshy nub so that he could root it out from under its little protective hood.
While his tongue was doing that his hands were not exactly idle, one of them had decided to occupy itself by tickling the underside of her tail and her tailhole making it pulse rapidly as each glancing tickle sent further pleasurable bursts right up her spine.
His other hand which had been holding her lips apart had now figured out a way of doing so without compromising its dexterity, it was using both his index finger and ring finger to hold those thick, swollen, blood-filled lips apart leaving his middle finger free to invade.
It explored between her fleshy folds until it found its target of a little ring of pulsing muscle which it began to tickle mercilessly causing it to pulse outwards like it was trying desperately to grab him until finally it succeded.
As he gently teased he with the tip of his digit she somehow managed to grab hold of it and sucked it into her body causing an explosive snarl of pure ecstasy to escape her as she felt his digit beginning to squirm within her.
But never one to be outdone Markus began to gently pump his finger in and out of her impossibly tight tunnel using her own slickness against her to allow his flesh to gluide through hers despite her attempts to hold it in place.
All the while Adesus was howling like someone was stabbing her with a war staff while at the same time pushing her rear end back in time with his motions and it didn't take long for Markus to tease his truest reward out of her, a truly massive orgasm.
Adesus screamed his name like he was murdering her then just slumped onto the bed in a bit of a heap leaving Markus there with his tongue stuck out and his finger dripping her love nectar onto the sheets.
Markus smiled down at the quivering heap of giggling quills that was his mate as she lay on the bed, slowly he lowered himself down onto his side next to her and as he reached over to touch her she spun like a top and threw her long powerful arms around him and pulled him against her then with a surprising turn of speed, flipping him onto his back and laying him there with his wrists pinned to the sides of his head.
"I have no idea how you did that to me my human but I have never felt anything like that in my life!!" Adesus exclaimed looking down into Markus's smiling face.
The pair of them both knew now that if he wanted out he could easily remove her before she even had the chance to even realise what he was doing but to be fair he was rather happy to be laid where he was right at this moment.
"Well I'm glad you enjoyed it, I wasn't sure if your species would be as susceptible to the joys of humanity as the others that have interacted with Clan Mason but I did have a very distinct hope, looks like those hopes were well founded," he said with a slight chuckle to his voice as he desperately tried and failed to keep his eyes from her bare chest.
Her breasts heaved and jiggled with every panting breath she took as it was obvious to him that aftershocks of pleasure were still coursing through her as an after-effect of what he had done to her.
"I'd say its safe to say that this Velon has fallen victim to those human charms of yours, just as it appears you have fallen victim to my Velon charms," Adesus said with a bit of a smirk as she spotted where his eyes were looking as her breasts shifted with an almost hypnotic sway with every breath she took.
"Well, then what do you say we do our part for interspecies cooperation and attempt to forge an even stronger unity between us?" Markus said finally tearing his eyes from her very perky purple nipples that were poking through both the fur and flush quills of her chest and moving them up to meet her eyes.
Adesus's smirk widened as his manhood twitched against her rear and her now incredibly soaked lower lips as if to punctuate his point.
"Sounds good to me," she growled softly before lifting herself slightly off him and allowing his manhood to spring upwards and catch between her lower lips before to his complete surprise she used her tail like a third hand.
She inverted it so the tip was now pointing directly between her legs like a spiny snake, then slowly and very cautiously she wrapped it around his throbbing shaft before moving it in order to align it properly with her entrance before with a final toothy smirk she began to lower self onto him.
Markus had never felt anything like it in his life, now as a Tamer, he had far more insight into the ebbs and flows of life than most people and Tamers even had the ability to even share in the experiences happening all around them as they could tie themselves into it through the bonds of nature.
But this having been said there was something distinctly different about experiencing it first hand rather than second or third hand, rather than an echo this was the real deal.
The first thing he became aware of was the incredible heat of Adesus's flesh as she enveloped him, the second was the impossible tightness of her flesh that was moulding itself to his every ridge and bump.
It was like her own flesh was becoming a second skin for him and by the way her eyes closed, her head threw back and her tongue lolled out of her muzzle she was feeling it too.
"Oh, my human! This was how we meant to be you and I, two beings from across an ocean of stars together as one in both flesh, heart and soul!" Adesus exclaimed as she completed her journey down his shaft and her splayed lips now kissed his pelvis and balls.
"Ungh I couldn't agree more," Markus gasped in between the soft moans and grunts that were escaping him.
Now that she had him within her Adesus lost her wish to restrain him and conquer him it seemed as if she completely released his wrists and instead pulled his hip up into a sitting position so she could hold him tightly to her, she also made a point of shifting her legs so instead of kneeling over him she was now wrapped around him.
"You are the only one I will ever surrender myself to Markus, you have earned, my trust, my gratitude, my respect and most importantly, my love," she said softly into his ear as she began to rock her hips in a soft motion while keeping as much of him trapped within her molten depths as possible.
"A sentiment I echo Adesus, you haven't stolen my heart you have earned it through your determination and your ferocious loyalty to both your people, your clan and most importantly, yourself, I will love you as much the day I step into the Eternal Hunt as I do on this day," he replied taking hold of the quills on her back for purchase as he began to match her motions.
Far from the almost feral intensity of the foreplay he had inflicted on her, their coupling had a distinctly gentle and rhythmic softness to it, each motion and movement was calculated perfectly to inflict as much pleasure as possible while maintaining as much contact between the two young interspecies lovers as possible.
Both of them were realizing both their differences while also revelling in their similarities, suddenly a powerful urge reared its head in Markus and Adesus sensed it immediately through the powerful stiffening of his manhood and instinctually she knew what it meant.
"Within me my love, if even the slight whisper of a chance of our union and love bearing fruit I will take it every single time, so give it to me, it is my reward for loving you," she panted in his ear which spurred him into a series of incredibly deep and powerful thrusts that culminated in the most powerful release Markus had ever experienced in his life.
The pair only awoke much later when the knocking of Lucious pulled them both from the deepest slumber either had experienced, "Come on love birds it's time," the little Raptorian's sing-songy voice called through the door.
Adesus lifted her head from Markus's chest and she looked into his sleepy eyes, "My life is complete now, if I go to my death in this battle I can do so without a single regret because now I have my love at my side," she said and MArkus stroked her beautiful face.
"Only ones dying this night are going to be our enemies, my love, so come on let's get dressed as much as it pains me to say it," he said and Adesus cocked her head curiously.
"Why does it cause you pain to say such a thing?' she asked as she clambered off him and began to pull on her undersuit.
"Because now I have only the memories of the beauty that hides under that suit to torment me rather than seeing you in the flesh," he said giving her ass a gentle pat and squeeze that sent an electrical bolt down her tail making it stand on edge before she spun and embraced him tightly.
"You humans truly do have a way with words, but trust me my love if we are victorious this night there will be plenty of time for you to see me and revel in me because trust me when I say we Velons take victory very seriously," she said with a wink.
"I doubt even our Grand Matriarch could come up with a better war cry," he said with a grin before dressing himself, now it truly was time to fight.